Nadal knee injury will be healed in a week

Rafael Nadal is hopeful the knee injury that forced him out of the Australian Open will have healed in a week or less, the world number two said.

By (Reuters)

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Published: Fri 29 Jan 2010, 10:10 AM

Last updated: Mon 6 Apr 2015, 8:59 AM

“I am not worried,” Nadal told reporters at Barcelona airport before heading to a clinic for tests overseen by Spanish tennis federation (RFET) doctor Angel Ruiz Cotorro.

“I just have a little tweak and I hope to have recovered in a week or even less,” he added.

The injury forced the 23-year-old defending champion to retire from his quarter-final at Melbourne Park against Andy Murray on Tuesday.

The Briton had already won the first two sets before Nadal called for a medical time out and he lasted just a few more minutes before he told Murray he could not continue.

Nadal said it was a recurrence of the problem that forced him out of the defence of his Wimbledon title and away from the ATP Tour last year for around two months.


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